NRDC Says Grid Study To 'Fizzle' Given Limited DOE Regulatory Powers

Environmentalists say that the forthcoming Department of Energy (DOE) study that is expected to make the case for supporting baseload power plants and electric grid reliability is “more likely to end with a fizzle than a bang” because the department has limited regulatory authority to prop up coal and nuclear plants that provide baseload power. “Any use of the final study should be rightly limited, at most, to prompting further analysis, rather than as a basis for any substantive regulatory...